Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW25

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Mom and three kids Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. Black Maternal Health Week April 11-17, 2025 I am a Black mom to three wonderful children. I was blessed to have three successful births. While I am an attorney, my third delivery highlighted the potential risks that occur when a physician fails to listen to the birthing person. Initially, I chalked it up to the physician involved and limited it to my personal birthing experience. Then, I learned that I was not special. Overwhelmingly, Black women experience higher rates of birth trauma, birthing complications and negative birth outcomes.  These statistics are what lead to the creation of ...
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Eating my way to good health...

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My health scare has completely changed my relationship with food. Like most women over age sixteen, I am generally watching my weight. I can recite the number of calories in everything from a Snickers Bar to a can Sardine with effortless ease—easier than I can remember my own age. However, infection wreaks such havoc on your body that it uses everything that it can to fight off of the infection—all available calories, fat, and muscle.

Being a smaller person who watches her calories like it’s her religion, I initially lost some weight. My physician instructed me not to lose any more weight during my last visit, which required me to adjust my attitude towards food. I have stopped looking at food as something to manage and viewed it as something to embrace, and to consume with enthusiasm.

In addition to my daily veggie burgers, fruit, and vegetables, I have been eating other things... I have enjoyed second helpings. I have also had a lot of carbs--dessert, waffles, pancakes, even French Fries with ketchup. If they make it and you can pour a condiment on it, I have eaten it!

Food has become my fuel and my friend. Even with my new enlightenment, I realize that it is incredibly ironic that I am eating a lot at the same time that bikini season is beginning. I hope that I feel like running again soon. Otherwise, my doctor may have other instructions for me!

Here's to good health!!!
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